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Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2101.140256
Personal Author:
Gamougam, Kadidja; Daugla, Doumagoum M.; Toralta, Jacques; Ngadoua, Cyriaque; Fermon, Florence; ... More +
Gamougam, Kadidja; Daugla, Doumagoum M.; Toralta, Jacques; Ngadoua, Cyriaque; Fermon, Florence; Page, Anne-Laure; Djingarey, Mamoudou H.; Caugant, Dominique A.; Manigart, Olivier; Trotter, Caroline L.; Stuart, James M.; Greenwood, Brian M.; Less -
Description:
In 2011, vaccination with a serogroup A meningococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine was implemented in 3 of 23 regions in Chad. Cases of meningitis declined dramatically in vaccinated areas, but an epidemic continued in the rest of Chad. In 2012, the remaining Chad population was vaccinated, and the epidemic was halted.
Subject:
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Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infant
Meningitis, Meningococcal
Meningococcal Vaccines
Vaccination
Young Adult

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 21(1):115-118.;
Document Type:
Journal Article;
Place as Subject:
Chad;
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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